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People v. Theodore Jenkins

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 24, 1979
47 N.Y.2d 722 (N.Y. 1979)

Opinion

Argued March 27, 1979

Decided April 24, 1979

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department.

Matthew Muraskin, Michael J. Obus and Leslie P. Rudman for appellant.

Denis Dillon, District Attorney (Burton T. Ryan, Jr., and William C. Donnino of counsel), for respondent.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

The record reveals that the defendant's challenge to the existence of probable cause for his arrest was directed to the sufficiency of the evidence rather than its reliability. As to the latter, since the motion to suppress did not attack the underlying basis for the police alarm, the presumption of probable cause to issue it remained (see People v Lypka, 36 N.Y.2d 210). The People therefore were not called upon to rebut the presumption by an evidentiary showing. And, absent attack on the bulletin, we find the other facts and circumstances sufficient to support the now affirmed finding of probable cause. It follows that the confession was not the fruit of an unlawful arrest.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur.

Order affirmed in a memorandum.


Summaries of

People v. Theodore Jenkins

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 24, 1979
47 N.Y.2d 722 (N.Y. 1979)
Case details for

People v. Theodore Jenkins

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. THEODORE JENKINS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 24, 1979

Citations

47 N.Y.2d 722 (N.Y. 1979)
417 N.Y.S.2d 57
390 N.E.2d 775

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